Gilbert Odd Ed (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Rear cover is missing, illustrated front card cover. Stapled booklet, reinforced with much sticky tape up the spine. Front cover is very creased and has open and closed tears. Foxing to first two pages, and marks of sticky tape. Foxing to last two pages. Last page and front cover are unattached to rest of booklet. Text is unmarked. Overall a rather delicate item.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illustrated card covers, with black and white lettering. Stapled booklet, with sticky tape up the spine. Large open tear to top front cover at spine edge (4x2cm), large diagonal open tear to rear cover/last page (9x7cm). Many pages are tanned. Text is unmarked. Overall a rather delicate item but in good condition given its age and construction.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Red and blue card covers, with black and white lettering. Stapled booklet, with sticky tape up the spine. Covers are creased, especially the corners. Foxing to inside covers. Pages are tanned, and marked, especially along the front edge. Text is unmarked. Overall a rather delicate item but in good condition given its age and construction. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Front cover is missing, illustrated rear card cover. Stapled booklet, with sticky tape up the spine. Foxing to first two pages, small tear to top of first page. Text is unmarked. Overall a rather delicate item but in good condition given its age and construction.…

hardback, 8vo, 231pp, illustrated, edges slightly browned, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0906071003.

Condition: Good. 1949. Second Impression. 243 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt.Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed. …

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK edition. 231pp. Illus. throughout. Photographic d.j. and end-papers. No clipping or inscriptions.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Working Copy. 1st Printing. 128pp illus. Covers absent but contents tight and clean. A working copy only.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Working Copy. 1st Printing. 96pp illus. Only the front cover remains albeit well worn. but contents clean. A working copy only.

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Working Copy. 1st Printing. 96pp illus. Covers present albeit well worn. but contents clean. Central two pages have popped from the rusting staples. A working copy only.

Octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 246pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems/edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling).

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback 1977. 231 pages. Clean & tight book. Flat pages. PAGE EDGES ARE FOXED. No inscriptions. JACKET INSIDE HAS FOXING. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £4.95. Jacket is now under clear removable protective covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref O-XTR. Jack Johnson - in the Ring and Out with the original Introductions by Damon Runyon; Tad, Ed. Smith & J. B. Lewis. Edited with Afterword by Gilbert Odd. Published in 1977 by Proteus, London.…

Photos, 9 x 5.5, boards, 246 pp, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, contents good, in toned and lightly worn dust jacket.

Autobiography of the great fighter, first published in 1927. Also published under the title Jack Johnson is a Dandy with an introduction by Dick Schapp. This edition edited by Gilbert Odd. Reprint. 8vo. 231pp. 8 plates. Dust wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Gilbert Odd to half title-page.